Like this:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

– Marianne Williamson

2013 is close aproaching, so before the clock strikes midnight, I’d light to get down a few things I’m hoping to work towards as 2013 marches on. There were a lot of things that happened in 2012, some good, some a bit less good. Some awesome, some not as awesome. But, as most people looking towards 2013, I’ve got a few, and I hesitate to say it, resolutions. I hesitate because New Years resolutions seem like the kind of things we say we’d like to do because it makes us feel good to do them, but then we never actually get around to doing.So I guess these are my goals for the coming year. Not New Years resolutions, but the goals I’ll be actively working towards as the year marches on. Is it the same thing? Probably. But I like it my way. this is Burger Kind, after all.

Keep doing stuff. Keep meeting people, keep participating in things

Produce. Make stuff, be it lego, pixel beads, computers, videos, photos. Have something on the go. Then I’ll always have something to do when there’s nothing to do

Talk to girls. It’s time, you’re ready. Ish. Just get the devil out there and talk to them. If stuff happens, cool. If not, meh. It seems like I’ve about mastered the ‘art’ of making friends with women, it’s time to move on to the next logical step; find my best friend.

Keep climbing. Think seriously about also running. Couch to 5k. Get on that. You’re young, start acting like it. (Actually I started the first day of Couch to 5k last week, so step 1 is already done. Just keep at it!) Everyone says the best time to start getting in shape is NOW, no matter what time now is. I already get to the PAC three times a week, let’s keep running a part of that.

Get your ass to Mars Europe. Do shit. Meet people. Visit your family. Have a goddamn adventure and be assertive for once in your goddamn life. This right now is my number one priority above all else. If I don’t do it this year, it’s only going to become harder and harder to do. Do it, do it NOW. Get your financial management skills under control, and go to Europe. For the first time in your life you’re actually trying to instigate change. Don’t lose sight of it.

Get your ass to Mars school. Knock it out of the park, and get a job doing what you love and what you’re good at. No more procrastinating. Or procrasturbating. This is my top priority after going to Europe and actually experiencing a small part of the world that isn’t my own.

That’s pretty much all I want to do in the coming year. Keep doing the positive things I’m already doing, meeting people, hopefully meet someone (and actually have the gaul to tell them how I feel and make something of it instead doing what I always do and shun someone who could potentially make you very happy in the way you crave into a friendship that, while you’ll always cherish neither of you may ever be completely satisfied with.) Grow. Some Balls. Take. A. Risk.

So that’s what I hope I can make out of 2013. Which mostly boils down to keep doing the awesome things I’m doing, and push myself to do the awesome things I want to do beyond those. Which, I think, is a pretty good outlook on the future no matter where you are.